I just had a look at the ESA Position Statement on the economic growth and
their Strategies for Achieving Ecologically Sustainable Growth.
It's very difficult to believe that ecologists, of all people, composed such
a document and, if that's the way a majority of ecologists within the ESA
think, t
There were certainly ESA Board Members who took the time to respond
and engage with members of Brian's group, Josh Schimel a shining
example among them. Others who I know of that took time to
thoughtfully engage were Mary Power, Rob Jackson and Margaret Lowman.
Deep thanks to these people
term, it would be far preferable
to define what it means, how to measure it, and what the consequences of
such policies would look like (e.g., reforming GDP accounting, retiring GDP
growth as a national policy goal).
Ken Bagstad, PhD
From: "Nadine Lymn"
To:
Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 10:
adine Lymn"
To:
Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 10:46 AM
Subject: [ECOLOG-L] Re ESA Position Statement
Dear All:
In a recent correspondence with an individual concerned about ESA's position
statement, ESA Board Member Josh Schimel points out that the Governing Board
took very s
Dear Nadine/ESA,
thank you for your post. I was quite puzzled to read
"We all agreed that an ESA statement
needed to highlight the conflict between two fundamental truths:
1. Humans in the developing world have a moral right to try to
improve their well being.
2. There is a finite capacit
Dear All:
In a recent correspondence with an individual concerned about ESA's position
statement, ESA Board Member Josh Schimel points out that the Governing Board
took very seriously its task of representing 10,000 ecologists and carefully
deliberated in issuing the ESA statement. With his pe
